Sentence examples for ruinous consequences from inspiring English sources

That does mean gambling, sometimes with ruinous consequences.

Three tickets, of course, could have ruinous consequences for a resident who was poor.

The state took over the education of blacks, with malign intent and ruinous consequences.

Both instinctively understood the ruinous consequences of communism, socialism and excessive government regulation.

The threat of a regional war seems to be growing, with potentially ruinous consequences.

The news media rarely describes the ruinous consequences of U.S. policy and war-making for Afghanis and Iraqis.

Lawyers for the Little Sisters argued that their client faced "draconian fines" of "$100 a day per affected beneficiary" and stated that if they drop their healthcare coverage, "they will be subject to an annual fine of $2,000 per full-time employee after the first 30 employees, and/or face ruinous practical consequences due to their inability to offer a crucial health care benefit to employees".

"Toward the end of the 19th century, our ancestors tried to isolate ourselves, and the consequences were ruinous," he said, referring to Korea's refusal to open up, enabling a modernizing Japan to force itself on Korea and colonize it.

When he was chancellor, he imposed the PPP structure on the then London mayor, Ken Livingstone, because he believed it would shelter the taxpayer from the consequences of ruinous overspending.

In addicts, areas of the prefrontal cortex that would normally be alight with activity often go dark in the absence of the drug, a state researchers call "hypoactive". And dulling of brain areas that are crucial to decision-making could be what drives addicts to continue using the drug even when the consequences are ruinous.

When treatment can no longer be avoided, the financial consequences can be ruinous.